Skinnybones

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Summary: Great read along!
Review: I throughly enjoyed reading this book to my class this year. I laughed the entire time, so did they! It's great for any age, I've used it in both fourth and second grades and it's always a bit hit! This book takes a look at the lighter side of being the underdog as a kid. Skinnybones/Alex is a thrill a minute and Park uses everyday words and phrases that keep everyone rolling! This makes it REAL easy to "get into character" while reading, that's part of why it's so well liked, kids love watching adults act like nuts every once in a while. I highly recommend this one!

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Summary: the most hilarious book I've ever read
Review: My 7 yr old son and I started reading this book as a bedtime story and couldn't stop. We went through half the book the first night. Alex Frankovitch is hilarious. We laughed so hard, we cried - especially at the kitty fritters story and just wait until you read the story about the leprechaun. Lucky Charms is our new favorite cereal thanks to this book. We can't see a box without laughing. This is one of those stories you want to keep reading. It's all I can do not to read it without him but I know it will ruin the laughter it brings from both of us.

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Summary: Hilarious Middle-grade Novel
Review: My love of Barbara Park began with her Junie B. Jones books. Although I've read several of her middle-grade novels this is the one I like as well as her early chapter books. I laughed out loud and loved this story's twists and turns.

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Summary: one of the best books
Review: Skinnybones was a very good book. If you like comedy then you should read this book. When Alex gets challenged to a pitching contest he loses and doesn't like it. Then Alex wins a kitty fritters contest and gets put on t.v. Then the kid he played in the contest gets put in the world record book. Read this book when you get the chance to you'll love it.

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Summary: I loved it!
Review: This book was great! Everybody should read this book. My teacher read it to me in third grade. The whole class always laughed and always wanted the teacher to read more. The book is about a boy named Alex. He always lies, is a terrible baseball player, and always gets himself into terrible messes. Then, there is the jerk, T.J. who is a great baseball player. Everybody thinks he is all that and he is always picking on Alex about his size and what a bad baseball player he is. Read this book! I would reccomend it to anyone!

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Summary: Wonderful book that raises spirits and kids love reading it!
Review: When my grown son was in the third grade, I heard him laughing hysterically in his bedroom while I was cooking dinner. I had never heard him laugh and giggle so much! He told me a little bit about the story, and when he had gone to sleep, I picked it up and read it. It IS wonderful! I found myself laughing as much as my son had. The tale centers on Alex, a small kid who is the class clown and loves baseball. He is a very realistic character with whom children can identify, and he does some crazy things ( a lot with what he says ) that result in some hilarious situations. Kids really love this book! And so do many adults. It gives the reader a lot of pleasure as well as see the trials and errors of childhood in a fun, yet realistic manner. The author, Barbara Parks, has updated this little gem for today's readers, and it is just as wonderful.